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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1929
Page
4
A jumble of readable names and phrases notes Marshal Foch and a calm night. The text mentions a march on a path, a galiont figure, a dentist visit, and a quiet morning with unclear context.
Harry Williams surveys visitors and figures at the International Live stock Show with names like Beneketville San Angelo Del Rio Kerrville Fort Stockton and Fort Davis. Notables such as Jol C Burns Del Rio Fawcett and Whitehead attend as farmers plan corn planting while seeking rain and a new Kerrville airport with gravel runways.
Report from Los Angeles details a scheme by California promoters to mislead buyers with radio ads promising desert land near Boulder Dam. The Southern California council of the California Development Association alleges funeral radio fraud and warns that thousands of dollars are taken daily from Southern residents. Land promises center on water benefits from the dam and may extend along the Colorado River, with promoters using railroad rhetoric to inflate value.
In Chicago area dispatch dated March 6 1931 state authorities released names of eight gang members linked to a mass killing that left seven dead. Authorities contend Frederick Burke and Ray Lolordo were disguised as police officers and participated with others in the North Clark street garage attack. The report notes cooperation with investigator David Stansbury and cites efforts to locate Lolordo with no success.
In Mbenico City Colonel Charles A. Tind Seigh drives with his left arm while his right is in a sling after a crash at Valbuena field last week. His fiancee Mina Anne Motray sits beside him as he travels on lengthy trips. Repairs on the damaged plane continue as tensions rise with rebel attackers in Mexico. He may leave for the United States once fixes are complete or a borrowed plane is obtained.
Pete McDonald, an operative in Aurora's attorney office, visits San Antonio for vacation and is spotted by Fire Commissioner Phil Wright. The commissioner recalls affiliations with a San Antonio force and mentions McDonald’s reassignment to work at the International Exposition. His intended activities and fate remain unclear as authorities assign him to duties at the event.
At Austen on March 2, Senator W. Malhriote of Galveston reported that Pensar senate members will not attend an invitation from Dr Ettlinger, head of athletics, to the first Kernan game between the Resan Longhorns and the New York Cinute. They say they have many bills to process and will take the afternoon off.
London reporters hail Hoover as a strong new leader, praising the inauguration and its impact on national vigor. Editors note the president’s promise for reform and the nation’s cautious optimism amid early policy signals.
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